2 results match your criteria: "Associated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical College[Affiliation]"
Combined effect of cytokine gene polymorphisms on end-stage knee osteoarthritis from Chinese Han population.
Rheumatol Int
November 2012
Department of Joint Surgery, Associated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical College, 16 Jiangsu Road, Qingdao, Shandong Province, 266003, People's Republic of China.
The mechanism of osteoarthritis (OA) is not well understood. Cytokines have been implicated in the episode, and there is increasing evidence that the host's cytokine response is genetically determined. We determined the predictive value of IL-634G.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProbing cancer cachexia-anorexia: recent results with knockout, transgene and polymorphisms.
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care
May 2009
Department of General Surgery, Associated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical College, Shandong Province, P.R. China.
Purpose Of Review: Cancer anorexia-cachexia refers to a debilitating state of cancer patients, the pathogenesis of which is still fully unknown. The article reviews recent research into the role of inflammatory mediators and cytokine gene polymorphisms in the pathogenesis of cancer cachexia.
Recent Findings: Using transgenic mice, recent studies demonstrate that inflammatory mediators play an important role in the cancer cachexia development.